Anne St. Laurent oral history with Eloise A. Brière, August 17, 1982 · Franco American Digital Archives

Contributing Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Repository: Special Collections and University Archives
View at Contributing Institution: https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums123-t008-i002
Digitization Status: Digitized / Numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: mums123-t008-i002
Collection/Part of: Eloise A. Brière Franco-American Oral History Collection
Title: en Anne St. Laurent oral history with Eloise A. Brière, August 17, 1982
Description: en Oral history with former dressmaker Anne St. Laurent, who was born in Laval, Quebec and came to the United States with her family as a young woman, taking up work first at a tailor's shop in Chicopee Falls, Mass., and then for several years as a dressmaker at Dorothy Dodd in Holyoke, where she gradually picked up the English language with the help of her coworkers. Subsequently she took floristry, having taught herself how to arrange flowers, and was doing so as her profession at the time of recording.
Author/Creator: Brière, Eloise A.; St. Laurent, Anne
Date(s): 1982-08-17
Genre: en oral histories; en audiocassettes
Topic & Theme: Work/Travail; Sewing/Couture
Geography: Chicopee MA Falls; Holyoke MA
familyName: St. Laurent; Brière
Source Language: French
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Chicopee (Mass.)--Social life and customs; Franco-Americans--Massachusetts--Chicopee; Franco-Americans--Massachusetts--Holyoke; Dressmakers--Massachusetts
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Chicopee (Mass.)--Moeurs et coutumes; Franco-américains--Massachusetts--Chicopee; Franco-américains--Massachusetts--Holyoke; Couturières--Massachusetts
Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use: Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for research.
Existence and Location of Originals: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, MS 123
Extent: 1 audio recording ; 00:09:39
Materials Specific Details: Tape 8A
Recommended Citation: St. Laurent, Anne. Anne St. Laurent oral history with Eloise A. Brière, August 17, 1982. Eloise A. Brière Franco-American Oral History Collection (MS 123). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
State/Province: Massachusetts
Country: United States

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